Wednesday, March 14, 2012

STEM SYMBALOO!



Visit my STEM/Engineering with kids Symbaloo!

Click here are some great feee lesson and challenge resources!

Friday, March 9, 2012

NASA Rockets Educator Guide



Here you go!

Click Here for the Guide

Jim :-)

NASA Engineering Lessons Gr. 7-9



Another resource with Engineering lessons from none other than NASA!

http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/national/summer/education_resources/engineering_grades7-9/index.html


Jim :-)

NASA Contest! Space Games!!



Hi All

Ok... this is due next Friday (3/16, so it is a tight turn around, but why not propose to your students the chance to submit their idea for a Space Game to NASA? I am sure some kids could brainstorm this and writ it up quickly!

Here is the link from NASA. Lets get some kids from Stamford to do this!

Spaced out sports!- http://education.ssc.nasa.gov/spacedoutsports.asp

Sounds like a fun concept.

Jim

FREE Engineering Lesson Sources

Hi All!

Here are a few great web sites with access to FREE lesson. Now, we all realize that in order to do the lesson you need to gather equipment and supplies so they aren't really FREE to do but many of them are inexpensive and VERY well thought out.

1) Engineering is Elementary- Created by the amazing Boston MOS (Museum of Science) this set of lessons is simply amazing for elementary level experiences. Purchasing the materials is not cheap but look at all of the supporting documents and mine the site for ideas. Maybe a grant could help make this a reality?

2) Teach Enigneering- A simply mind blowing resource. Search through activites, lessons, and units! You will encounter many great opportunites here!

3) Inel "Design and Discovery" Curriculum- 18 sequential lesson designed to help you teach engineering. Make sure the copier have a full load of paper before you start printing this resource. This is a must see.

4) The Dayton Regional STEM center- I wish I lived near this place! You will find some of the most well written and comprehensive STEM lesson plans on this site. They might provide a model for original lesson you might create in the future. There is definitely something STEMy in the water in Dayton, Ohio!

There are more lessons on those four sites than you can shake a stick at!

Also see my earlier post to all of the suggested activities promotes through the NSTA science scope magazine's Everyday Engineering column! Click Here to access those from my NSTA collection of links.

Lastly, I have been saving any and all STEM links on-line. So if you really feel like digging through some resources head to my delicious STEM links!

All the best...not let's get kids creating, failing and creating again!! :-)


Jim :-)